Perspectives

Ares CEO Mike Arougheti shares why the question isn’t whether to participate—but how to position portfolios for long-term growth. From AI infrastructure realities to the “old-fashioned credit cycle” and democratization of alternatives, discover insights from CNBC’s Delivering Alpha conference.

Institutional investors are waking up to cricket’s explosive growth, as the sport—already the world’s second most popular—emerges as a $15 billion global opportunity driven by massive fan bases, soaring media rights, and U.S. market entry.

The Significant Risk Transfer (“SRT”) market has evolved from a niche regulatory capital tool into a mainstream mechanism for bank capital optimization — reaching an unprecedented scale, but also mounting risks.

Despite ongoing questions around transparency, investors may be overlooking a $1.7 trillion market that, in some cases, offers deeper loan-level disclosure than traditional banks.